The increase in the number of H-1B visa applications rejected by Trump has thousands of foreign professionals in the United States in abeyance

Donald Trump he has in his hands the future of thousands of workers foreigners who work professionally in United States. Due to the policies of the president of this country, they ran into the wall trying to renew for the first time his H-1B visas.

The same is true for those looking for the first time to issue this card.

The policy of "United States first" led by the president caused an increase in the rejection rate new demands for H-1B from 6% in 2015 to 32% only in the first quarter of 2019, according to a study by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) which badyzes the data published by the Office of Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

The badysis taken up by the chain Univision points out that between the 2015 and the 2018 financial year, the rejection rate of new requests H-1B it quadrupled from 6% to 24%. The report points out that between fiscal years 2010 and 2015, the refusal rate of new H-1B visa applications has never exceeded 8%, while at present, the rejection rate is three or four times higher.

It should be noted that the fiscal year of the United States begins on October 1 and ends on September 30 of the following year. USCIS reported that after performing a random selection process by computer, already selected the 65 000 requests of H-1B visas for people who will work in United States for him financial year 2020.

In a statement, USCIS stated that after completing this process, it had determined the requests for visa renewal H-1B, known as the Masters Exemption, which add 20 thousand.

USCIS received 201,011 requests H-1B visas during the petition period beginning on April 1, including petitions tabled for exemption by third cycle"detailed the agency.

Between 2009 and 2017, Barack Obama – despite having beaten record in the number of deportees with more than 2.5 million in his two governments, he did not attack legal immigration programs, as he does with Trump Administration. On the contrary, Obama admitted that spouses (H-4) who had approved the green card process and were waiting for a quota of visas available from the state department could process an employment authorization (EAD) .

"(The increase in the rejection percentage) is due to the fact that with this government there is greater rigor in the process and processing of requests, "he said. Univision José Guerrero, a immigration lawyer He practices in Miami, South Florida. "The USCIS is stricter in how to revise petitions," he added.

He also warned that "the workers foreign professionals should contract services from a professional specialized in this area ", which he described as" very complex and technical ".

"You should not trust any merchant or notary for anything." The technicality of the process is so delicate at certain stages that even for a lawyer, H-1B visa procedure is difficult"he added.

Univision confirmed the increase in the rate of rejection of H-1B visa applications through a consultation with the USCIS, who then explained that this was part of "our efforts to comply with the executive order "Buy American, Hire American" ".